SPRINGFIELD — Three people were displaced by a fire Wednesday night that caused between $50,000 and $60,000 in damage to a home at 196-198 College St. in the city's Bay neighborhood, a fire official said.

Dennis Leger, aide to Springfield Fire Commissioner Joseph Conant, said the fire appeared to have started in an enclosed second-floor porch and then spread inside.

Two rooms in the second-floor apartment were gutted, and other rooms received smoke damage. The first-floor apartment, which was vacant, sustained water damage, he said.

There was also fire damage to the attic, and firefighters had to cut a hole in the roof to ventilate smoke, he said.

The American Red Cross was helping the displaced residents, two adults and a child, find temporary shelter.

The fire was reported just before 8 p.m. Leger said the cause remains under investigation.

College Street is in the Bay neighborhood and runs from State Street to Acorn Street.

According to city records, the 2 1/2-story, two family home was built in 1924. The property is listed to Brian Krawiec of Springfield, and has a total assessed value of $105,000.